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New CEO Jeff Robertson optimistic about Airbus DS Communications’ role in next-gen 911

• 30th May 2017

​Next-generation 911 (NG911) promises to provide significant benefits to citizens and first-responder agencies, so public-safety answering points (PSAPs) should not wait for federal funding to become available to transition to the new all-IP platform, according to Jeff Robertson, the new president and CEO of Airbus DS Communications.

Airbus DS Communications readies company to evolve with fast-changing 911 market

• 17th January 2017

Airbus DS Communications hopes to have 60% of its public-safety answering point (PSAP) customers offering text-to-911 services during the next three years as part of a larger company initiative that is designed to help call centers migrate to next-generation 911 (NG911) technology, according to CEO Bob Freinberg.

Airbus DS Communications remains for sale after more than two years

• 22nd December 2016

LMR and 911 solutions provider Airbus DS Communications remains on the selling block more than two years after its international parent firm—Airbus Group—announced plans to divest itself of Airbus DS Communications and other global public-safety-communications assets in the fall of 2014, according to a company official.

“I have no update on the sale of the company,” Airbus DS Communications CEO Bob Freinberg said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications.

Airbus DS Communications: CEO Bob Freinberg explains how VESTA NEXT addresses gap between carriers and PSAPs

• 17th August 2016

Airbus DS Communications CEO Bob Freinberg highlights features of VESTA NEXT, the company’s new platform that provides next-generation 911 (NG911) services from a carrier’s central office to a public-safety answering point (PSAP) during this conversation with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson at ACPO 2016 in Orlando.

Airbus DS Communications, NICE announce technology integration, expanded strategic partnership

• 23rd June 2016

Airbus DS Communications and NICE announce that the companies are completing integration tests of their 911 solutions—both in the laboratory and in the field—that confirm compatibility in a next-generation 911 environment that supports multimedia communications.

Fairfax County, Va., upgrading PSAPs to NG911-compliant system from Airbus DS Communications

• 16th June 2016

Public-safety answering points (PSAPs) in Fairfax County, Va., are scheduled to migrate by the end of the year to an Airbus DS Communications VESTA call-handling solution that complies with next-generation-911 (NG911) standards and is designed to promote efficiencies across all five PSAP locations.

Florida PSAPs turn to Airbus DS Communications for 911 upgrade, interoperability features

• 29th January 2016

A Florida county has upgraded its public-safety answering point (PSAP) equipment to an Airbus DS Communications VESTA solution that will let its two 911 centers interoperate seamlessly and accept text-to-911 messages in the near term, as well as supporting next-generation 911 (NG911) communications in the long-term future.

Kodiak-Airbus: Bruce Lawler, Marty Christensen demonstrate push-to-talk interoperability between standards-based P25, LTE solutions

• 18th August 2015

Bruce Lawler, chief product officer and co-founder of Kodiak Networks, and Marty Christensen, product area business manager for Airbus DS Communications, demonstrate push-to-talk interoperability between a P25 network and an LTE network utilizing the Kodiak solution, which is embedded within carriers’ network with quality-of-service assurances instead of being an over-the-top offering.

Michigan jurisdictions ‘happy’ with VESTA Radio for regional P25 system, prepare for ISSI interoperability

• 10th July 2015

Public-safety personnel utilizing the regional P25 network for the Downriver Mutual Aid (DMA) district in Michigan have been pleased with the coverage and flexibility provided by the VESTA Radio system from Airbus DS Communications during its first year-and-half of service, according to a DMA official.

Airbus DS Communications still looking for a buyer, plans to sell global division as one unit

• 6th July 2015

​Airbus DS Communications remains on the selling block and current plans call for all Airbus public-safety-communications assets worldwide to be sold as a single package, according to Airbus DS Communications CEO Bob Freinberg.